Railway-tie.



M. E. WILSON.

RAILWAYTIEQ APPLICATION men APR. 15; me.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

MANNING E. "WILSON, OF CANTON, PENNSYL'ilANIA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

amassed Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed April 1 5, 1916. Serial No. 91,502.

To all whom '55: may concern:

Be it known that I, MANNING E. WILSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Canton, in the county of Bradford and State ofPennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Railway-Ties, of which thefollowing is a specification.

and particularly to ties for use therewith.

vOne object of the invention is to provide a tie, which will be cheapand easy to manu iacture, extremely durable and possessed of theresiliency of the ordinary wood tie.

.Another object of my invention is to provide a railway tie whose partsmay be standardized and used interchangeably on roads I carrying similarloads.

Another ob ect is to provide a tie made in sections so as to admit ofthe removal of one portion without disturbing the other portion and soas to admitbi' the adjustment of one portionrela'tively to the other insuch a manner that the tie may be used in roadreinforced in anycustomary or well lrnrwvn when the concrete portion is beds ofdifi'erentswidths.

The details of construction and arrange ment of parts are shown in theaccompanying figures of the drawing, in. which-- Figure 1 is a plan viewof the improved tie. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cornplete tie.Fig. 3 is an end view of the tie. Fig. 4 is a cross section talren on.line a--a of Fig.2. 7

The tie consists of two concrete or cement blocks 2 connected by ironrods extending longitudinally through them. Each block is formed oibase, side, and end portions so as to leave a space within the block andopen at the top thereof. The wooden block 1 which fills this space ismolded in the block formed. These concrete blocks maybe and preferablyare way, but since the reinforcing does not form a part of my inventionand in the interests of ole'arness l have not illustrated it. Eachconcrete block has a of sleeves 3 extend ing longitudinally through theside walls and being of the some length as the blocks.

Y The rods 4: pass through these sleeves makremoval of the rods easy andefi'ectively preventing any injury to the threads on the rds or to theblocks. The connecting rods are screw threaded at each end for a dis;tance greater than the length of the blocks and each one carries a setof nuts all of ing faces flush with or a trifle above the upper faces ofthe concrete blocks. The wood members 1 support the rails which are secured to them and furnish the necessary resiliency to absorb all shocksfrom the rails.

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3 in the. concrete blocks have their upper sur- My invention relates torailway road beds By vthus absorbing and cushioning the shocks beforethey are transmitted to the concrete members, the danger of breakage ofthe concrete is minimized and thqlife of j the block is greatlylengthened 'The sizes of the concrete and wood members are soproportioned that the concrete member is strong enough for all ordinaryuses,

- while the wood member has enough surface to permit the fastening ofthe rail thereto at several diil'erent points. This feature is ofimportance when the wood no longer affords a solid securing portion inone place but dogs at another, for intanoe at an opposite en It will beapparent from the foregoing dey I scription and drawings that it will beeasy to standardize all of the parts, thus making cheap the cost ofproduction of my tie. It is also obvious that theblocks may be usedinterchangeably since they are all alike.

In actual use, the ossibility of removing one block without disturbingthe other is of considerable importance because of the saving in timeand labor. Should one block break it could be replaced-by a new blockwithout disturbing the other block or the ballast around it.

While I have illustrated and described a preferred embodimentof myinvention I do not wish to be limited thereby since various changescould be made without departing from the spirit of what is claimed!Havingdescribed my invontion'what I desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

.1. In an improved railway roadbed, con-- crete blocks arranged in pairseach block located transversely underneath and sup-,-

porting a rail, the blocks consisting of a concrete shell open only atthe top andcarrying in the space so provided a wooden member to whichthe rail may be secured,

said concrete bloc having molded therem concrete members each tudmalside elevat ons and square in transsleeves extending lengthwise of theblock and through which rods joining the blocks may be passedsubstantially as described.

2. In an improved railway roadbed, rail supporting members arranged inpairs and adjustably connected by screw threaded rods and nuts: mountedthereon, sleeves molded in the longitudinal side Walls of the said railsupporting members, to form casings through which the screw threadedrods extend, substantially as described.

3. A railway tie comprising two reinforced rectangular in longiverse endelevation, each concrete member.

'crete member having molded in each side portion thereof a plurality ofmental sleeves which extend theentire length of the side portions forproviding passageways through which rods connecting the two concretemembers may be passed,- substantially as described.

March 20, 1916. a

MANNING E. WILSON.

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